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A couple more notes from the day of things I noticed. Three are no bikes! In mainland China, in the big cities there are bikes absolutely everywhere. That is just not the case here in Hong Kong. There are no bike lanes in the streets, and there are almost no bikers at all. I saw one which made me realize their absence. Not sure if this is due to them missing out on the hardcore communism of China in the ...

... but in fact these are simply the ex-pats which make up such a large contingent of downtown Hong Kong. Adding to the raucous atmosphere is the fact that there are no open container laws, so not only can you carry your beer with you from one bar to another, but people frequently gather at the convenience stores to buy roadies. We decided to hit up a "Club 7-Eleven" as they are known, and its primary purpose seemed to be selling alcohol for ...

... Useful observations of the day:- All scaffolding here is made of bamboo, and there's lots of it holding up buildings and some skinny nets protecting you from falling debri. Put no faith in either Traffic lights constantly beep. Slowly to say "not yet, not yet, not yet" and rapidly to say "gogogogogogogogogogogo". I wouldnt want to live on the ground floor near one of them. There are advertising tv's on the tubes. Genius venture in marketing that we should probably bring back to ...

... which proved to be lots of fun while negotiating prices with little Chinese ladies on merchandise that has no price tag. We even found a jade market and got some great pieces for ourselves which is something we never do. Eventually, we realized the walk was still another 1-2 miles so we hopped on a metro. We were already extremely hot and tired so we decided to head back to our oasis of a hotel for the second shower of the day at only 3pm. After our shower, ...

... me try the new dishes, but as he meal progressed, he kept adding more and more food. Try this, you want to eat that...and so on. I told Adam to tell him that he reminded me of my mother. I've been cautious in not eating a lot of rice. I'll eat everything else and only half a cup of rice. Still, with Mr. Dai there to make sure I didn't have an empty place, I was pretty full at the end of the meal. O man, I almost needed to be rolled out of the restaurant. I was ...